diff --git a/config/addon/addon.xml b/config/addon/addon.xml
index 92881eb1fb..7b53c47393 100644
--- a/config/addon/addon.xml
+++ b/config/addon/addon.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <addon id="@PKG_ADDON_ID@"
-       name="@PKG_SHORTDESC@"
+       name="@PKG_NAME@"
        version="@ADDON_VERSION@"
        provider-name="openelec.tv">
   <requires>
     <import addon="os.openelec.tv" version="@OS_VERSION@"/>
     <import addon="xbmc.python" version="1.0"/>
+@REQUIRES@
   </requires>
   <extension point="@PKG_ADDON_TYPE@"
-            library="default.py">
+             library="default.py">
         <provides>executable</provides>
   </extension>
   <extension point="xbmc.addon.metadata">
diff --git a/scripts/create_addon b/scripts/create_addon
index 617569e8bd..407cc7e1ff 100755
--- a/scripts/create_addon
+++ b/scripts/create_addon
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+IFS=" "
+for i in $PKG_ADDON_REQUIRES; do
+  REQUIRES_ADDONNAME=`echo $i | cut -f1 -d ":"`
+  REQUIRES_ADDONVERSION=`echo $i | cut -f2 -d ":"`
+  REQUIRES="$REQUIRES\n    <import addon=\"$REQUIRES_ADDONNAME\" version=\"$REQUIRES_ADDONVERSION\" />"
+done
+
+unset IFS
+
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
   echo "usage: $0 package_name"
   exit 1
@@ -46,8 +55,10 @@ if [ -f $PKG_DIR/addon ]; then
   mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID
     cp config/addon/addon.xml $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID
       $SED -e "s|@PKG_ADDON_ID@|$PKG_ADDON_ID|g" \
+           -e "s|@PKG_NAME@|$PKG_NAME|g" \
            -e "s|@ADDON_VERSION@|$OS_VERSION.$PKG_REV|g" \
            -e "s|@PKG_ADDON_TYPE@|$PKG_ADDON_TYPE|g" \
+           -e "s|@REQUIRES@|$REQUIRES|g" \
            -e "s|@PKG_SHORTDESC@|$PKG_SHORTDESC|g" \
            -e "s|@OS_VERSION@|$OS_VERSION|g" \
            -e "s|@PKG_LONGDESC@|$PKG_LONGDESC|g" \